Higher education in Cambodia has been gradually developing in the recent years. For some time, the country has been restrained by its status as a developing country that has recently suffered from a very brutal dictatorship regime around 1975 (History Place). The genocide of intellectuals committed by this dictatorship regime remains as a painful scar for Cambodia. For a long time, naturally general education suffered from a lack of support and resources provided by the government. For instance, most students were forced to study in a classroom environment with a very high student to teacher ratio with inadequate resources -- even lacking simple school supplies such as books. Additionally teachers are provided with minimal pay and funding, leading teachers to resort to making students pay separately for additional costs, alienating the many underprivileged students from education. Currently the education participation and graduation rates exponentially decrease as the age group of the students go up; therefore, higher education participation rates are dismal at best. Higher education has developed very slowly compared to other national educational structures, and the few number of universities in Cambodia are all concentrated in Phnom Penh, the country’s capital. The basis of higher education depends on a strong supply of students adequately educated and prepared for higher education. To solve the problem with higher education, education especially in its early stages, must be improved in order to develop a successful higher education system. This paper serves as general research on the background of Cambodia’s current state of education affected by its history, politics, and current government; its impact; suggested policy improvements; and hope for the country’s higher education system. The goal for this research is in hope that Cambodia will find the different aspects of this research useful and consider implementing suggested policies toward their education system, ultimately for the country’s socio-, economic, and political development.